Stove



Jan. 22 1924.

J. GAUGHAN STOVE Filed Aug. 2 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Z2523? MW 764 wild.

J. GAUGHAN Jan. 22 1924.

STOVE Filed Aug. 2,

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UNITED STATES JACK GAUGI-IAN, or none BEACH; CALIFORNIA.

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Application" filed. August 2, 1922. Serial No. 579,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAoK GAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a convertible multiple fuel stove and has for its objectthe production of a simpleand eiiicient stove which is so constructed as. to permit the same to be utilized forthe purposeof burning different kinds of fuel, should it become necessary to do so.

Another object of this invention is the production of a simple and efficient stove which is so constructed as to radiate the maximum amount of heat in proportion to the amount of fuel used;

WVith these and other. objects in view this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

In the drawings Figurel is a vertical section through the stove, showing the heating dome arranged thereon,

Figure 2 is a section taken online 2-2 of Figure 1, and p 7 Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that 1 designates the base of the stove which is supported upon the usual legs or other supports 2. A compartment 3 is formed in the base 1 of the stove, this com present invention is especially designed to" accommodate itself to different forms of heating fuel and permit the different forms of heating fuel to be conveniently used with out the necessity of rearranging the design or construction of the stove. For this reason the compartment 3 is made of suitable size to accommodate the various form of fuel which may be used. j

A suitable integral door 4 is employed. having asuitable window 5 formed therein, and a suitable draft damper 6, of any suitable or desired form, is also formed. upon the door. In the illustration shown in Figure 1 a heating gas burner 7 is employed which is fed by means of a feed pipe'8, a suitable valve 9 being carried by the pipe 8 to control the passage of fuel through the oval or egg shapeddome constituting an outer casing '10 is supported upon the base 1 and this dome 10 preferably ispro videdWith a narrowed end 11 indicated clearly inFigure 1, the dome being broad ened out toward the topthereof to facilitate the radiation of the heat. 'A deflector wall 12 is interposed between the lower end of the dome or outer casing 10 and thetop ofv the base 1 for the purpose of directing the heat up into the dome, this deflector wall 12 beinginclined inwardlytoward the top thereof. Theouter casing 1 is provided at i the upper end thereof with a narrowed discharge flue 13 to permit obnoxious gases,

smoke and other gasesto pass off from the heating compartment 3. An operating crank shaftl i is journaled within the discharge spout 13 and this operating crank shaft 14: supports a suspended valve 15. This valve 15 is adapteds to normally control the opening and closing of the vent 16 which is formed in the upper end ofthe inner casing or housing 17 illustrated in- Figure 1. In use, the valve 15 is opened whenthe stove is heated and remains open until the fuel is extinguished, when the valve 15 is closed. In this way the air within the casing 17 is hot when the valve is closed and this hot air tends to retain the casing 17 warm a long period of time after the fuel has been extinguished. If the casing were allowed, to be open and air allowed to circulate therein, the casing would soon become cooled off. As shown in Figure 1 it will be seen thatthe inner housing or casing 17 is substantially the same shape as the outer housing or casing 10. the walls of the casing or housing 17 being uniformly spaced from the walls of the outer casing.

10. The-lower end of the inner casing or housing 17 is supported upon a substans tially cone shaped or funnel shaped crown sheat 18 which is adapted to spread the flame from the burner 7 or the heat from any other substituted heating means,- so as to cause the heat to pass up between the Walls of the inner heating drumor casing 17 and the outer casing 10. The lower end,

of the drum or casing 17 is supported and spaced from the outer casing 10 by means of suitable spacing members 19,

From the foregoing description and by carefully eonsideringythe drawvingsxit will be seen that the outer casing 10, as Well as theinner casing 17, is of a balloon lilre structure, the inner casing 17 constituting a balloon like drum producing a maximum amount of heat radiating surface.

It should be further understood :that a very simple and; eflicien-t means has been produced int'he nature of a stoveifor permitting various forms of 'fuelto be sub stituted without the necessity of recon structing the form of the stove. It should be understood. however; that certain detailed changes in'the design may be employed in the device Without departing fnomthe spirit of :the' invention so long as these changes fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention What is claimed is:

the top, an ,ovoidal outer casing formed upon the base having its upper" end terminating in a discharge flue, a cone-shaped deflector plate positioned at the entrance of said outer casing, an ovoid-a1 inner casing vmounted Within the outer casing on the cone-shaped plate and provided with a valve seat in :its upper end and a valve adapted to be seated in said valve seatto close said inner casing and retain same air-tight.

3. A stove [of the class described comprising a base having a comparatively large compartment formed therein to accommodate itself to -various forms of fuel, said base being contracted near the top thereof to form an inclined deflector Walhan outer casing of a balloon like structure formed upon saiddefiector Wall, and terminating in a discharge flue at the outer end thereof, an inner easing of a balloon like strncturear ranged in spaced relation with respect to the outer casing and provided with a .detachable substantially funnel-shaped crown sheet at the lower QI'Id'tllGI'QOf adapted to fit directly above said inclined deflector wall, for spreading the heat-from the base and causing the same to pass-up between the inner and outer casings, bracketscarried by said outer casing to suppert said inner -casing-and to hold said inner casing in spaced relation thereto, said inner casing being provided with a went opening at the upper end *thereof and -;a valve adapted to close said vent opening and retain the inner-casinn air-tight. V

Intesti-mony WhEIGOfI afiix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses. i

- JACK GAUGHAN.

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LUCY HILLYER, OQVV. Hnroi-nson, Jr. 

